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AITA if I choose to disown my sister after she thought our sister d**ng was a joke?
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AITA if I choose to disown my sister after she thought our sister d**ng was a joke?

This probably sounds obvious, but there is more to it. Our sister pa*sed 3.5 yrs ago, and my sister is just now coming back into my life since she has “straightened” herself out. My younger sister Marty took a different path in life. She got expelled from school for vandalism, dropped out of high school multiple times. She got into heavy drugs and drinking. She ran away from home because my mothe...

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AITA for refusing to speak to my sister because she wouldn’t let my daughter be a flower girl at her wedding (she originally was a flower girl) and causing multiple family members to boycott too
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AITA for refusing to speak to my sister because she wouldn’t let my daughter be a flower girl at her wedding (she originally was a flower girl) and causing multiple family members to boycott too

So I (28f) have a sister (26f) who got married last month. I’m gonna be blunt, my sister has always been one of those people that has to have everything perfect, to the point where sometimes it was hard to be around her. But she was my little sister and I’ve no other siblings, so I always made excuses when she’d hurt me when I was doing things right in her eyes. I was kinda nervous when she aske...

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AITA For refusing to take my sister and her kids in unless her husband stays out?
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AITA For refusing to take my sister and her kids in unless her husband stays out?

So, my father (F32) pa*sed away two years ago. He left my half-sister and me (same dad, different moms) an inheritance that was split equally. My sister spent her inheritance within a few months. She's a stay-at-home mom with two kids and has always struggled financially. I haven't touched my inheritance. I live in an apartment I inherited from my biological mom in 2016. My sister sat me down to ...

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Single Mom Wants To Pa*s Her 1M-Valued House Solely To Her Daughter, But Fiancé Of Two Years Argues His Kids Deserve Share
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Single Mom Wants To Pa*s Her 1M-Valued House Solely To Her Daughter, But Fiancé Of Two Years Argues His Kids Deserve Share

I'm a single mom in my 50s with one daughter. I got very lucky in that I bought a home in the Bay Area nearly 30 years ago for around $230K before the tech boom and now the house is worth about $1M. I have a 23 year old daughter Camila who grew up in that house and she moved out last year to go live with her boyfriend. I've never explicitly told my daughter "the house will be yours" nor has she a...

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AITA for disinviting my father from my wedding after he attended my ex's wedding?
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AITA for disinviting my father from my wedding after he attended my ex's wedding?

I had an awful breakup with my ex when I was 24. I had been with him for 7 years. But my parents knew him since when he was 12. My parents are divorced but they both really loved my ex and treated him like a son. When we broke up, I told my parents that they were to cut off contact with my ex. That I don't want him involved in any aspect of my life. And I a*sumed that my parents stuck to their w...

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AITA for not helping my daughter financially after she cuts me off
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AITA for not helping my daughter financially after she cuts me off

I am now in an extremely s**tty situation. My daughter (Jane) cut all contact with me after my wife made some r***st comments about her bf. I agree what she did is disgusting, but Jane told me to choose either between her or my wife. How the h**l am I supposed to do that? TBH, my wife comes from a r***st family. I called her out many times, but I think racism is deeply rooted into her now; it ...

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AITA for calling out a secretary and threatening to report her to her manager after she revealed health information?
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AITA for calling out a secretary and threatening to report her to her manager after she revealed health information?

I got a needle stick injury at work (I'm a healthcare worker) and my family doctor filled out a lab requisition for baseline bloodwork to be done. One of the tests is HIV. I went to an external lab to get it done because my family MD office is closed. It’s a typical diagnostics lab. In the waiting area there are 5 other people sitting down. I go to the secretary and hand her the req forms. She t...

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AITA for refusing to make an exception for my brother's son to attend my childfree wedding just because he's a rainbow baby?
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AITA for refusing to make an exception for my brother's son to attend my childfree wedding just because he's a rainbow baby?

Hi. I (f, 33) am getting married come october to my fiance Derek. Wedding planning went okay, but as soon as we started sending out invitations, the problems began coming our way. Thing is, Derek and I decided the wedding would be childfree; it wasn't out the blue, and this possibility was there. I have a 42-year-old brother, Paul, who's married, but he and his wife suffered from several miscarri...

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AITA for giving my son a better life and spoiling him more than his siblings will ever get to be?
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AITA for giving my son a better life and spoiling him more than his siblings will ever get to be?

About 9 and a half years ago, my wife cheated on me, got pr****nt, and left me for him. The courts gave them custody of our son because single dad vs family. I've since gotten remarried and had a couple kids (7 and 5 and a half). My ex and her new man have also had 2 more kids. Wife and I both work as engineers and have dang good salaries, to put it lightly. My ex and new husband haven't ever do...

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Stressed Parents Are Upset At Their Generous Neighbor Because She Gifted Their Son $12k At His Graduation Party To Add To His College Fund, Saying That It Overshadowed Their Present
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Stressed Parents Are Upset At Their Generous Neighbor Because She Gifted Their Son $12k At His Graduation Party To Add To His College Fund, Saying That It Overshadowed Their Present

I bought a rural property in 2016. This property has a very large yard and a long driveway. I also travel a fair bit for work. I was looking for a service to handle shoveling my driveway in the winter, and handle mowing my lawn in the spring, summer, and fall (mostly because I'm gone a lot, but also because I just don't want to deal with it). I was talking to my neighbor ('R') who said his son '...

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AITA for sending a video of my Uncle's stand up to his wife after he made horrific jokes about us?
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AITA for sending a video of my Uncle's stand up to his wife after he made horrific jokes about us?

I (22F) found out my Uncle Robert (45M) does stand-up at amateur open mic nights. I was sitting at the bar with my girlfriend when he was announced. I didn’t realize he was at the bar, but was excited to see him perform. I told my girlfriend (Amber) (25F) who he was, and she was like, “Oh yeah, he is here a lot. You might not like his bit.” I asked why and she said he talks s**t about his family...

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AITA for not using my inheritance money to help my brother and his family out?
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AITA for not using my inheritance money to help my brother and his family out?

H**lo, this is my first time posting on AITA and English is not my first language so sorry if the format is not right. Background- Me (19F) and my brother (32M) became orphans 10 years ago due to an accident our parents were in. My parents had always been a bit paranoid when it came to their mortality, so they had a set plan in case they pa*sed. They left a significant amount of money for each o...

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